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title: נַחַת — quietness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַחַת (lemma:נַחַת), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: quietness. BDB 1906: quietness, rest. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַחַת

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«נַחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quietness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:נַחַת · **BDB:** נַ֫חַת

### Glosses

quietness (4); of.quietness (1); the.quietness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quietness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b7_5d7_5b7_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

quietness, rest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b7_5d7_5b7_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] (appar. m. Jb 36:16, but v. infr.) quietness, rest (under this √ Thes Ol § 164 c Sta§ 201 d Köii. 172 f.; \> sub נחת DlProl 118 ff.);—נ׳ Is 30:15 + 2 times, נָ֑חַת Jb 17:16 + 2 times; cstr. נַ֫חַת Jb 36:16;— quietness, quiet attitude Is 30:15 (‖ הַשְׁקֵט); דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים בְּנ׳ נִשְׁמָעִים Ec 9:17; opp. עָמָל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ 4:6; opp. רָגַז, שָׂחַק Pr 29:9; of comfort of one’s table, i.e. its satisfying plenty, וְנ׳ שֻׁלְחָֽנְךָ מָלֵא דָ֑שֶׁן Jb 36:16 the comfort of thy table, which (i.e. the table) was full of fat(Di, cf. Bu; \> that which is set on thy table shall be, etc. De al., making נ׳ subj. of מָלֵא, and so masc.). rest of death Jb 17:16; read נֵחָ֑ת (𝔊 Du Dr), √ נחת = descend (cf. 21:13). of a still-born child Ec 6:5.—ii, iii. נַחַת v. נחת.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b7_5d7_5b7_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.6/)

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ט֕וֹב מְלֹ֥א כַ֖ף נָ֑חַת מִמְּלֹ֥א חָפְנַ֛יִם עָמָ֖ל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good \[the\].fullness of.a.palm of.quietness more than.\[the\].fullness of.\[the\].hollow.of.hands toil and striving of.wind

*JPS 1917:* Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.

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[Ecclesiastes 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.17/)

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דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים בְּנַ֖חַת נִשְׁמָעִ֑ים מִזַּעֲקַ֥ת מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].words of.wise.\[people\] in quietness heard \[are\].more than.\[the\].cry of.a.ruler among (the) fools

*JPS 1917:* The words of the wise spoken in quiet are more acceptable than the cry of a ruler among fools.

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